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Granted Patent B2
US 9,982,769 · App. 14/923,902 · Granted May 29, 2018

Belt pulley arrangment

Inventor: Christian Hauck (Altdorf, DE)
Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
F16H55/36F16F15/12306F16H2055/366
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Patent No.
US 9,982,769
App. No.
14/923,902
Granted
May 29, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A belt pulley arrangement with a belt pulley that is fastenable to rotate on a shaft, a torsion spring arranged within the belt pulley for enabling a transmission of torque between the belt pulley and shaft. The torsion spring acts with one end against the shaft and with an other end against the belt pulley. A looped flat spiral spring is arranged radially between the belt pulley and the torsion spring and acting as a free-running clutch. The torsion spring is arranged on one of its axial ends in a first sleeve that is connected so that it can rotate with a radial inner lateral surface of the belt pulley. The looped flat spiral spring is arranged radially between the first sleeve and the torsion spring, and contacts, in its extended state, at least in some sections on the inner lateral surfaces of the first sleeve and belt pulley.

Claims (14)

1. A belt pulley arrangement comprising

a belt pulley that is fastenable to rotate on a shaft,

a torsion spring arranged within the belt pulley that transmits torque between the belt pulley and shaft, the torsion spring having a first end that acts against the shaft and a second end that acts against the belt pulley,

a looped flat spiral spring arranged radially between the belt pulley and the torsion spring that acts as a free-running clutch,

the first end of the torsion spring is arranged within a first sleeve, and the first sleeve is connected to rotate with a radial inner lateral surface of the belt pulley, and the looped flat spiral spring is arranged radially between the first sleeve and the torsion spring, the looped flat spiral spring is movable to an expanded state in which, at least in some sections, the spiral spring contacts a radial inner lateral surface of the first sleeve and the radial inner lateral surface of the belt pulley.

2. The belt pulley arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the second end of the torsion spring is arranged in a second sleeve, and the second sleeve is connectable locked in rotation with the shaft.

3. The belt pulley arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein a spring ramp is arranged in the first sleeve and a second spring ramp is arranged in the second sleeve, and the torsion spring is in contact with the first and second spring ramp for transmitting a torque from the belt pulley to the shaft.

4. The belt pulley arrangement according to claim 3 , further comprising a driving disk that is fixable on the shaft, the driving disk has a slot extending across a partial area of a circumference thereof, and a pin of the first spring ramp engages in the slot.

5. The belt pulley arrangement according to claim 2 , the second sleeve is supported on a radial outside thereof on a sliding bearing that is arranged on the radial inner lateral surface of the belt pulley.

6. The belt pulley arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein the second sleeve is supported on the radial outside on a needle bearing that is arranged on the radial inner lateral surface of the belt pulley.

7. The belt pulley arrangement according to claim 6 , wherein the second sleeve is connectable with the shaft by a press-fit connection.

8. The belt pulley arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the belt pulley arrangement is part of a belt drive of a motor vehicle.

9. A drive system of a motor vehicle with one main unit and at least one auxiliary unit that is connected to the main unit via a belt drive that comprises at least one belt pulley arrangement according to claim 1 .

10. The drive system according to claim 9 , wherein the main unit is an internal combustion engine and the auxiliary unit is an electric machine.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2015
From: HAUCK, CHRISTIAN
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 036893/0049 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2014 223 228 · Nov 13, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160138700A1 · May 19, 2016